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Dell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PowerEdge_servers

3 digits naming convention:

  • 1st: letter - type
    • Rack / Modular / Tower
  • 2nd: digit - sockets
    • 1..3 1 socket
    • 4..7 2 sockets
    • 8..9 4 sockets
  • 3rd: digit - generation
    • 0 - 10 gen (DDR2)
    • 1 - 11 gen (DDR3)
    • 2 - 12 gen (DDR3)
    • 3 - 13 gen (DDR4)
  • 4rd: digit - CPU vendor
    • 0 - Intel
    • 1 - AMD

Tower sizes for comparison:

  • Classic big tower: 19 cm x 40 x 45 cm = quite BIG
  • APC UPS 3000VA XL Tower 22 cm x50 x 55 cm == HUGE

Tower

  • T20 - mini tower - economical, MB from normal PC (max 4×3,5“), no IDRAC
  • T320
  • T410 1x Xeon E5620, 2010
  • T420 (430.3 x 218 x 538.4 mm)
    • E5-2430 V1 32nm 2012
  • T720 2x Xeon E5-2470v2
  • T1600 1x Xeon E3 1225, chipset Intel C206, max 32GB, 2011
  • T7400 2x XEON E5405 2007
  • 12 gen (DDR3):
    • T320: bigger tower, 2x PSU, 192MB RAM, E5-2420 v2 22nm, iDRAC 7 Ent (580 x 220 x 440 mm)
    • T420
  • 13 gen (DDR4):
    • T130: looks like classic PC, 2x ethernet, no hotswap, 4 x DDR ECC UDIMM, iDRAC8 Basic, E3-1220V5 14nm, Perc H330 (HBA possible)
    • T330: big rack/tower but inside classic small MB like T130, redundant power suply, hot swap HDDs, E3-1220 v5, 8×3,5”,
      • depth 578 x height 443 x width 305 ←- very big !

Desktops SFF

  • Optiplex SFF 9020
    • i5 4gen
    • one slim CD –> adapter for 2,5“ SSD
    • one HDD 3,5” –> adapter for 2x 2,5“ SSD
    • 4 x DIMM
  • Optiplex SFF 7010
    • Intel Core i5 3G (4C/4T) ←- bad power consumption
    • one 3,5” HDD
    • one slim CD –> adapter for 2,5“ SSD